| 1 | Representative(s) Kottkamp offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 294-350 and insert: |
| 5 | (I) Ten, 10 cents shall be distributed to the Florida |
| 6 | Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., for the cost |
| 7 | of development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of |
| 8 | the clerks' Comprehensive Case Information System, in which |
| 9 | system all clerks shall participate on or before January 1, |
| 10 | 2006. The Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, |
| 11 | Inc., shall provide for an annual operational audit, as defined |
| 12 | in s. 11.45(1)(g), of its financial accounts and records |
| 13 | relating to the Comprehensive Case Information System fees by an |
| 14 | independent certified public accountant. Such audit shall be |
| 15 | performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards as |
| 16 | adopted by the State Board of Accountancy and include a |
| 17 | determination as to whether the fees distributed to the Florida |
| 18 | Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., were expended |
| 19 | solely for the purposes stated in this sub-sub-subparagraph. The |
| 20 | annual audit report shall be submitted within 90 days after the |
| 21 | end of the association's fiscal year to the Governor's Office, |
| 22 | the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of |
| 23 | Representatives, and the Auditor General for review. However, at |
| 24 | its discretion, the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee may |
| 25 | require the Auditor General or other entity to conduct the |
| 26 | audit; |
| 27 | (II) One dollar and ninety cents; $1.90 shall be retained |
| 28 | by the clerk to be deposited in the Public Records Modernization |
| 29 | Trust Fund and used exclusively for funding court-related |
| 30 | technology needs of the clerk as defined in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. |
| 31 | and (h); and |
| 32 | (III) Effective April 1, 2007, $2 shall be distributed to |
| 33 | the Court Technology Trust Fund to be used to prepare the |
| 34 | judicial circuit technology strategic plan required by s. |
| 35 | 29.0087 and be disbursed to counties as state financial |
| 36 | assistance to assist the counties with the costs of providing |
| 37 | court-related technology and court technology needs as defined |
| 38 | in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state |
| 39 | attorney, and public defender in that county. Counties shall |
| 40 | agree to use funds in conformance with the judicial circuit |
| 41 | technology strategic plan required by s. 29.0087 as approved by |
| 42 | the chief judge in order to be eligible for state financial |
| 43 | assistance from the Court Technology Trust Fund. The amount |
| 44 | provided to each county from the Court Technology Trust Fund |
| 45 | shall be equal to each county's percentage of total collections |
| 46 | of the additional recording fee required by this section applied |
| 47 | to the total amount available to be distributed to counties. If |
| 48 | a county is not eligible to receive funds from the Court |
| 49 | Technology Trust Fund, the funds that would have otherwise been |
| 50 | distributed to the county shall remain in the Court Technology |
| 51 | Trust Fund to be used as appropriated by the Legislature board |
| 52 | of county commissioners to be used exclusively to fund court- |
| 53 | related technology, and court technology needs as defined in s. |
| 54 | 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state |
| 55 | attorney, and public defender in that county. |
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| 59 | Remove line(s) 26 and 27 and insert: |
| 60 | amending s. 28.24, F.S.; revising provisions for distributing |
| 61 | the additional $4 services charge |